‘Ordinary Faithfulness’: A challenge, and an encouragement
You might have heard the economic advice, “Look after the pennies, and the pounds will take care of themselves.” The idea behind this adage is that if you learn to be careful with the small financial decisions, you will naturally be careful with the big financial decisions. I believe that it is similar with faithfulness.
Church planting is pivotal to our future. Here’s how it can flourish
In today’s rapidly evolving society, the Anglican Church continues to shine as a beacon of faith, tradition, and community. However, the growing reality is that fewer and fewer people are stepping through the doors of our churches.
Love for God and God’s people draws Cara to ordination
When Cara Greenham Hancock told her family she planned to join a monastery, her mother said, “That sounds like the sort of thing you would do.”
This Christmas, try concentrating on one gospel
Last Christmas I fell out of love with the carol The First Nowell. Having sung the familiar words all my life I was embarrassed only now to realise that the traditional opening verses portray the shepherds as faster than the wise men to spot the star in the east.
‘Flourishing like a wedding feast’: What Ruth hopes to see in churches
Raised in the bustling city of Bangalore, and the daughter of a minister in the Church of South India, life for Ruth was full of engagement with people of different faiths.
Learn to find the truly sustaining presence of God
In a world of abundant words Christians must hear the word of God as the resonant and life-giving melody that sustains our journey with Christ.
We have the Bible today because of loving, hard labour
We should be aware that the Bible comes to us inspired not only by God but “inspired” also by those who loved and copied and translated it over many generations.
Please don’t say to me ‘God is in control’
Saying that God is in control is a well-worn cliché in Christian circles. Like Job’s comforters, it is often what well-meaning people say to us when we are going through a difficult time.
Tying two traditions together: Garry Deverell
As a man of mixed heritage, the Reverend Dr Garry Deverell has been able to weave together wisdom from the two different stories he has grown up with.
Revelation’s empire, that is us. But we can live differently
Where do we go for a theology of climate change? One answer is to the book of Revelation.
